Excerpt from Planning Problems of Town, City and Region: Papers and Discussions at the Twentieth National Conference on City Planning, Held at Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; May 7 to 10, 1928 This paper discusses certain fundamental needs for open spaces in and around modern cities. As a preliminary to the preparation of a plan for the future of a particular community, it is necessary not only to be familiar with the history and problems of that city but also to have general statistical information applicable to the future of any City. The relative number and size of urban communities in any country follow definite mathematical laws. Part of the open space between towns is essential for the production of crops. Other areas must be devoted to watersheds. Inside the city limits, proper provision must be made for parks and playgrounds. Open space must also be left for roadways and sidewalks adequate to meet the needs of urban traffic. Rapid transit and transportation must be provided. Buildings must be so limited in height, bulk and spacing as to insure a proper access of light and air and to afford fire protection. The space within the buildings themselves must be sufficient to provide healthy living and working conditions for the occupants. The quantitative analysis of such needs as these may well be termed the Science underlying the Art of City Planning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.